The Mafia's Stripper Bride

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ad, his pale skin feeling cool against my lips. His eyes flu

less in the stiff hospital bed

ttling rasp. I squeezed his bony hand lightly, trying to

fter an accident and that's when w

night praying for you whil

ting him to see me break down. I couldn't let

ating the hollows under my eyes. The cloying antiseptic smell seemed to c

ave to pay before midnight, Nat. There's really nothing we can do without a s

my promise Mia. Just

pital, Mia would smile at me instead. She looks after my dad when I'm on my shifts, and help

et tight across my chest. Goosebumps prickled my bare legs above my tattered jean skirt as I set

avoiding plowing into a group of teenagers also leaving the hospital. I

here you're going!" I

sharply just ahead of me, the dri

ld want is getting into some billionaire nerve. Not

g man's chiseled face. He held a crisp $100 cash ou

f, trash," he sneered, his deep baritone

ionaire, or even much b

reddened with humiliation and fury. Why do rich

arrogant prick!" I spat at him and

dow up, leaving me glaring at

ratty jacket flapping behind me. I couldn't risk Gio taking o

vil himself - a trait I've gotten used

ng to steady my pounding heart as I ducked through the fami

nchy laughter wrapping around me. In the dressing room, three of Voyeur's most popular s

om the night. Despite the grime, there was a familiar sister

ree huddled together on a worn velvet sofa, a cloud of hairsp

face beaming as she flashed a w

nerves. "We just hit the jackpot, baby! That gross old bastard was so

way. I snatched the bills from the air reflexively, the weight of them cold and greasy

n affectionate squeeze. "Aw, c'mon Nat, don't be such

and tucked the cash into

at me. "Girl's always gotta do wha

e a total pro at this, Natalia. You really ar

ction, but it wasn't something I took pride in. Stripping and giving blowjobs was one thi

ous wink. "Those sleazebags can't resist a hot little tease who plays all innocent and untouchable bu

' Jasmine snickered, making air-quotes with her fingers. "Gets those old

earned my cash. "Whatever, you guys are the ones who come up with those stupid

o's star player when it comes to the...off-menu activities too,

te my 'no touching' policy on stage, I was disturbingly

n a little light blackmail too, if the situation allowed for it. I always made sure to wear a mask, of course, but there was no h

r my shift. "I'm a really talented little hustler. Can we

ke acid reflux. No matter what the girls said, there w

n't come cheap. And now he needed surgery. I'd do anything to keep him aliv

king us all jump. And then came the venomo

you're stoppin